- Published on November 20, 2020 at 12:00 pm EST
A Chinese translator received the 2020 LOINC Award for Distinguished Contributions for his work in fostering adoption of the global health data standard in China. Lin Zhang of Shijiazhuang City, China, has been a key and prodigious translator of LOINC terms, documentation, and other resources into simplified Chinese language. Lin Zhang, award recipient LOINC, developed and housed at Regenstrief Institute, is the world’s most widely used system of codes for identifying medical…
- Published on July 10, 2020 at 2:03 pm EDT
The Joint Initiative Council for Global Health Informatics Standardization (JIC) has published a white paper explaining how its nine health informatics standards development organizations (SDOs) have been working together to help transform the global healthcare system into one that’s digital with the goal of precise and real-time exchange of information based on full interoperability enabled by global standards.
- Published on June 17, 2020 at 5:52 pm EDT
Overview We are excited to announce that LOINC version 2.68 and RELMA version 7.1 are now available! This release contains lots of new content and feature updates. We’ll cover the highlights here, and encourage you to read the LOINC Release notes and file-specific Release and Readme notes for more details about individual files. LOINC License 5.0 LOINC Knowledge base The…
- Published on March 6, 2020 at 9:37 am EST
Due to the COVID-19/Coronavirus situation, in-person events at the 2020 LOINC Conference in Indianapolis have been canceled. Committee meetings will be held online in an abbreviated format.
- Published on February 5, 2020 at 4:05 pm EST
The following was originally posted on the Regenstrief.org website The Regenstrief team is creating a series of codes to identify the lab tests used to screen patients for the virus. The codes are part of a terminology system, created and maintained at Regenstrief, that is used around the world to identify laboratory and other health observations. The new codes will…
- Published on January 6, 2020 at 3:38 pm EST
The following was originally posted on the Regenstrief.org website LOINC, developed at Regenstrief Institute, is an international standard for coding health information World health experts are extoling the benefit of universally coding the World Health Organization’s new Essential Diagnostics List (EDL). In a commentary published in The Lancet Digital Health, authors urge the use of Regenstrief Institute-developed LOINC® to standardize…
- Published on December 13, 2019 at 3:12 pm EST
Overview We are excited to announce that LOINC version 2.67 and RELMA version 7.0 are now available! This release contains lots of new content and feature updates. Here is what we’ll cover in the announcement: LOINC content highlights New content Content edits Display Names are now production status What’s new with the LOINC FHIR Terminology Services API Updated LOINC content…
- Published on September 13, 2019 at 11:15 am EDT
- Published on June 21, 2019 at 11:18 am EDT
In this Update We are delighted to present you with another feature-packed LOINC release. Here’s the outline of what we’ll cover: LOINC content highlights New content Content edits New and updated LOINC release artifacts LOINC Change Snapshot File LOINC Consumer Name File LOINC Answer File LOINC Display Name File LOINC Group File LOINC Multiaxial Hierarchy File LOINC Part File LOINC/RSNA…
- Published on June 10, 2019 at 1:38 pm EDT
International organization recognizes Saskatchewan data expert; Canada is ‘Better off for her efforts’ The recipient of a 2019 international award for data interoperability completes the recognition of a leadership team that allowed for effective communication of medical codes and diagnoses across Canada. Lorie Carey, CIM P.Mgr, received the 2019 LOINC Award for Distinguished Contributions at this year’s LOINC Laboratory Committee…
- Published on December 14, 2018 at 6:47 pm EST
In this Update We are delighted to present you with another feature-packed LOINC release. There’s a lot to cover, but here’s the outline: LOINC content highlights New content Content edits Highlights of updates to other LOINC release artifacts LOINC Answer File LOINC Display Name File LOINC Group File LOINC/IEEE Medical Device Code Mapping File LOINC Multiaxial Hierarchy File LOINC Part…
- Published on September 2, 2018 at 8:24 pm EDT
Users can now retrieve LOINC content programmatically with a new terminology server using HL7’s FHIR API.
- Published on August 17, 2018 at 8:56 am EDT
LOINC has unveiled a new resource to help users choose the correct LOINC code for microbiology and infectious disease laboratory tests.
- Published on June 27, 2018 at 3:38 pm EDT
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — LOINC, the world’s most widely used code system for identifying medical tests, observations, and documents, has announced the recipient of the annual LOINC Award for Distinguished Contributions. The award honors individuals whose work advances the interoperability of medical data so that it can be electronically exchanged, understood, and used to improve health. Pamela D. Banning, MLS(ASCP)cm, PMP®(PMI)…
- Published on June 15, 2018 at 3:37 pm EDT
In this Update We are delighted to present you with another feature-packed LOINC release. There’s a lot to cover, but here’s the outline: LOINC content highlights New content Content edits Highlights of updates to other LOINC release artifacts New LOINC Display Name File LOINC Answer File LOINC Group File LOINC Part File LOINC/RSNA Radiology Playbook LOINC Linguistic Variant Updates Changes…
- Published on February 1, 2018 at 5:30 am EST
Recommendations for the Submission of LOINC® Codes in Regulatory Applications to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [PDF] In 2017, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formed a LOINC® Working Group to make recommendations regarding the mandate to submit LOINC codes to regulators. This Working Group was a collaborative effort among the FDA, National Cancer Institute, National Library…
- Published on January 19, 2018 at 11:17 am EST
A minor error has been discovered with 4 terms in the LOINC 2.63 release. These terms contain NULL parts. 87353-9 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae IgG Ab/Positive control by Immunoassay 87421-4 Glucose [Mass/volume] in Blood –pre-meal 88169-8 Microscopic observation [Presence] in Vomitus by Acid fast stain 19016-5 X12 277, all requests for information that are included in this transaction are stated for individual…
- Published on December 15, 2017 at 4:12 pm EST
Details on the new items available in the LOINC 2.63 and RELMA 6.22 releases.
- Published on October 14, 2017 at 12:01 am EDT
Oct. 14 is the annual World Standards Day, kicking off a week-long celebration of standards like LOINC.
- Published on June 23, 2017 at 5:02 pm EDT
Details on the new items available in LOINC 2.61 and RELMA 6.19 releases.
